Sperm analysis results - how to interpret?

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Hi all

My husband and I have been undergoing various tests and we have had his sorry analysis results back with a comment of 'normal sample'.

So sounds okay but I would like to know more about the various results so if anyone knows how to interpret this I would appreciate it! Fir example what is the range for total sperm number?

• total volume: 1.6
• viscosity: normal
• liquefaction: normal
• density: 178
• total sperm number: 285
• overall motility: 51%
• progressive motility: 48%
• cells: TFTC
• pH: 7.9
• Normal forms: 4

PS he is 38 and we don't have any children yet

I'm not an expert but this is my understanding . . . . There's no such thing as a range, really, because there is so much variance. There's just what's unlikely to cause a problem (normal) and what's below this.

There are different definitions of what's acceptable as well. Those numbers look very safely within the definition of normal to me, eg I think you want progressive motility to be over 32% (or I've also seen 40%), so 48% is well within this. The only exception to this I can see in my very non-expert opinion is of total volume. The World Health Organisation says volume should be at least 1.5 ml but I've seen some definitions that say anything under 2 ml is considered low.

This is sort of helpful:
www.britishfertilitysociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Understanding-your-Semen-Analysis-Result.pdf

Sorry I missed this before. Thank you 🙏